Vegetable-slicer



(No Model.)

' 0. BEUTTEL.

VEGETABLE SLIGER.

No. 533,189. Patented Jan. 29, 1895.

' Ill is an under side view of the plunger.

tjnrrnn dramas CARL BEUTTEL, OF IDLEIVILD, OHIO.

VEGETABLE-SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,189, dated January29, 1895. Application filed August 13, 1894- Serial No. 520,146. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL BEUTTEL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Idlewild, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Vegetable-Slicer; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, attention being called to the accompanying drawings, with thereference-numerals marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The subject of this invention is a vegetable slicer for the purpose ofcutting into slices, vegetables like potatoes, apples, &c., before orafter they are peeled.

The invention consists of the general construction of the device, aleading feature of which is the adjustment of the knives as to number,whereby a vegetable may be divided into more or less parts.

In the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims is found a full description of my invention, its operation, partsand construction, the latter being also illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical side-elevation, partly insection, of the device showing the parts in position before operation.Fig. 2, is a similar view showing parts in position after operation.Fig. 3, is a top-view of the receiver. Fig. 4:, is an enlargedhorizontal section of the same taken on line 4=--4: of Fig. 1, and Fig.5, Fig. 6, is an enlarged sectional detail view showing means of holdingthe knives in place.

The device consists of a receiver 8, provided with springs 9, betweenwhich the vegetable is held and which approach each other with theirlower parts for the purpose of supporting smaller vegetables and holdthem centrally above the knives 10, secured below them in the lower partof the receiver. The springs are preferably secured to a ring 11,supported in a recess 12 around the upper, inner edge of the receiverand held in place by lugs 13. They become thereby readily removable forcleaning or other purposes.

The knives out with their upper horizontal edges and are provided withflanges 14, by

which they are heldin position. For such purpose the knives are insertedfrom below, their flanges being pushed into recesses in which theyclosely fit and which are formed by strips 15, secured to the inside ofthe receiver. See detail view in Fig. 6.

The knives are all of equal dimensions and extend to the center, wherethey meet and touch each other, thereby supporting themselves at thispoint. They are held up within their recesses by a ring 16, securedagainst the lower edge of the receiver and extend inwardly sufficientlyto reach under the outer edges of the knives which is all the supportrequired to hold them vertically in position. The number of knivescorresponds with the largest number of slices which may be required inany case and from that the slices may be made larger by removal of moreor less knives, as may be required and which is done by removing ring 16after which the superfluous knives may be pushed out.

The "vegetable is pushed against the knives for the purpose of itsdivision, by a plunger 17, carried at the lower end of a guide-rod 18,moving in bearings 20, 20, of a standard 21 which is preferably affixedto the receiver 8 so as to have all parts in one. At the upper end ofrod 18 is a knob 22, and between the latter and its upper bearing is aspring 23, whereby the plunger is returned after each operation. After avegetable is placed be tween the centering springs within the receiver,the plunger is pushed down as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the vegetableis pressed against and through the knives and drops out below divided inslices. Springs 9 during the downward passage of the vegetable presentno resistance and yield readily to larger ones.

In order to obtain a complete separation of the object to be sliced andto prevent the plunger being driven against the edges of the knives ateach operation, the latter is provided with grooves 24 on its under sidewhereby its main-part is permitted to pass the knife-edges, the latterentering said grooves, which are correspondingly arranged. The knivesare thereby enabled to pass fully and completely through the vegetable.The length of spring 23, may be properly proportioned so that it becomescompletely compressed and prevents a further depression of the plunger,slightly before the knives touch the bottom of grooves 24, whereby afull contact at each operation is prevented and the cutting edges of theknives are protected.

In order to keep plunger 17 always in proper position so that theposition of the grooves in its under side corresponds with the positionof the knives and enables them to enter the former, guide-rod 18 isprovided with a longitudinal groove, into which a pin enters, wherebythe plunger, which is rigidly connected to the guide-rod,-is preventedfrom turning after being once adjusted.

The device may be supported in any suitable way, a preferable one beingto set the receiver within the top of a table. It is my intentionhowever to use this device principally in connection with avegetable-peeler as described in my Patent No. 515,394, in which case Iset the receiver in the top of the table forming a part of said machineand for which purpose I provide a flange 26 on the outer upper edge ofthe receiver which rests on the table-top 27, of said machine.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- 1. In a vegetable slicer,the combination of the receiver with the cutting knives, the centerin gsprings above the latter, secured to and in the lower part of thereceiver, a ring 16 secured against the lower edge of the latter, tohold up the knives and a reciprocating plunger, to push the vegetablethrough the knives.

3. In a vegetable slicer, the combination of the receiver with thecentering springs therein, the cutting-knives provided with flanges 14,strips 15 secured to the inside of the lower part of the receiver in amanner to form recesses into which flanges 1 1, of the knives enter, aring 16 secured against the lower edge of the latter to hold up theknives and a reciprocating plunger, to push the vegetable through theknives.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL BEUTTEL.

Witnesses:

O. SPENGEL, WM. KRAMER.

